UNSPSC 50365829: Canned or jarred empress plums

The variety of plums known as empress plums that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50365829 Canned or jarred empress plums (Commodity) does not match the work state and local governments are actually buying under this code. The recent opportunities block shows active solicitations for canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, apple crisps, fresh produce, eggs, and broad food-service supply across correctional facilities, schools, and state health agencies — none of which are empress plums or any single branded or varietal preserved fruit. The code as nominally defined appears to describe a narrow commodity line (empress plums specifically), yet state and local procurement offices are tagging general fruit preservation, fresh produce contracting, and multi-item food-service categories with this Commodity code despite substantive mismatch.

The mismatch signals either upstream data miscoding or institutional use of this code as a catchall for fruit and produce procurement. Issuing bodies span school districts (Oregon Department of Corrections, Austin ISD, Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Dallas ISD, Douglas County), state agencies (State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Comptroller on behalf of TDCJ, State of Georgia), and municipal nutrition services (City of Bridgeport). Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, and the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, with representative recent opportunities including Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S-29100-00017453 for canned applesauce (4,760 cases, response due July 31, 2026), Austin Independent School District RFP 27RFP004 for dried fruit bars and apple crisps (due July 16, 2026), and Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products supplying the El Paso State Supported Living Center (response due July 13, 2026, estimated historical value $1.5 million annually). If this code is being used to tag fruit and preserved-food procurements more broadly, the opportunity stream reflects substantial and recurring demand across institutional food service; if the code is meant to apply only to empress plums, current tagging practice renders it unreliable for targeting.